India Counts Cost of Disasters in Himalayas Amid Infrastructure Push and Climate Change
Voice of America
Joshimath town is seen along side snow capped mountains, in India's Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, Jan. 21, 2023. For months, residents in Joshimath, saw their homes slowly sink. In January, big, deep cracks had emerged in over 860 homes, making them unlivable. A laborer takes a break in between demolition of a residential building which has developed cracks in Joshimath, in India's Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, Jan. 19, 2023. FILE- Heavy machinery is parked at the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that had collapsed trapping 40 workers in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Nov. 22, 2023.
Lila Devi’s family built a new home after their house in Khanyara village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh collapsed when intense rains lashed the Himalayan mountains this summer.
